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18 Asian Tour members in world top 200

A total of 18 Asian Tour members are featuring prominently in the top 200 of the latest Official World Golf Ranking.

New Zealander Mark Brown, who currently leads the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit following two wins this season, tops the membership with his 62nd position on the list.

India’s Jyoti Randhawa is eight rungs below Brown at 74th place followed by England’s Simon Dyson in 78th position and Jeev Milkha Singh of India, Asia’s number one in 2006, in 80th place.

South African James Kingston is ranked 92nd followed by US Masters-bound Prayad Marksaeng who is 93rd in the world.

Liang Wen-chong of China, the reigning Order of Merit champion, lies in 111th position, with Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand two rungs below.

The other Asian Tour members who are ranked inside the top-200 are Lin Wen-tang of Chinese Taipei (126th), Korea’s Yang Yong-eun (151st), Australian Scott Strange (153rd), S.S.P. Chowrasia of India (154th), Simon Yates of Scotland (155th), Prom Meesawat of Thailand (163rd), Chapchai Nirat of Thailand (174th), Lu Wen-teh of Chinese Taipei (180th), Korea’s Charlie Wi (181st) and India’s Arjun Atwal (199th).

Korea’s Choi Kyung-ju, who plays on the US PGA Tour, is the top-ranked Asian at seventh place while Asian Tour’s honorary member Vijay Singh is in ninth position. Tiger Woods remains as the world number one.

April 1, 2008